Burial-case.



PATBNTBD PEB. 11, 1908. c. PIANTA. BURIAL CASE;

'APPLIOTION FILED FEB. 5. 190B.

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BURIAL CASE.

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CHARLES PIANTA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BURIAL-CASE.

f Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed February 5. 1906. Serial No. 299.406.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Orr-ARLES PIANTA, a citizen of the vUnited States,and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBurial-Cases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to' improvements in burial cases and moreparticularly to a burial case having a practically permanent characterand adapted to protect its contents from disintegration.

Heretofore burial cases or boxes of wood have often been provided toreceive the casket but these soon become disintegrated l therebyexposing their contents to the action adequately unauthorize of theelements and subject it to decay much sooner than would otherwise be thecase. Furthermore with the wooden devices as heretofore constructed thecontents are not (protected against robberies or tam ering.

The object of t is invention is to provide a burial case ofa mono-lithiccharacter adapted to he im ervious to the action of water or air andwhich can be tightly sealed to close the same thereby making itdifficult to disturb its contents.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a burial case oflight Weight yet of such .strong and durable construction that itscontents will be entirely preserved against the forces usually actingupon them thereby preserving..them intact for .a great length ofl time.

The invention consists in the mattersl hereinafter described and morefully 'pointed out and defined in the appended claims.'

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a fra entary perspective view of a deviceembo yingJny lnvention. Fig 2 is a fra mentary perspective view of thecover. ig. 3 is a transverse section of the body. 4 is a transversesection of the cover. ig. 5 is an enlarged fra mentary horizontalsection of the box, and, i 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of theody frame. i

As shown in the drawings: the body A of the case is provided with aframe B of any desired construction and material but which, as shown,comprises upper and -lowerframe members b-b respectively, which areconstructed of sheet metal or other desired material formed intochannelbars or other preferred forms of structural bars and which, as shownmore clearly in Fig. 6, are bent to rovide approximately rectangularshaped ame members having their ends rigidly secured together by rivetsor the like. Similar bars 122- b2 afford transverse bottom members andare bent to provide upwardly directed ends or posts b3 which extendupwardly, as shown, on the outer sides of said frame members b-b and areri idly secured thereto in an referred manner utas shown the flanges ofYt e frame members are notched and the posts seated therein and rivetedthereto thus holding'said frame members in pro er relation to eachother.

igidly engaged both on the inner and outer sides of the frame thusformed are the layers of metal fabric G-C which may be reticulatedor-expanded metal of woven wire or any other suitable material and whichare secured to said frame members in any preferred manner and serve as abacking on which the plastic material D bonds.

As shown the plastic material D is molded upon the metal fabric toprovide the walls of the case and may be com osed pfany suitlso ablecomposition which is lmpervious to water and air such as thecementitious composition known as densitor" or as shown in the drawinthe body portion D comprises a mixture of ortland'cement intermixed withstrong fibers dF-such as ramie or the like and is provided on its outerandinner surfaces with a coatin vof densitor d which renders the wallsper ectlyv impervious to both air anllfmoisture. In the top of the bodyshown is provided an upwardly opening pe-l ripheral oove d2 adapted toreceive the cover and rigi ly'en aged 1n the upturned ends or throughthe body walls and are provided on their outer ends with transverse eyesory D similar to that used for the body portion.-

. posts b3 are bo ts B which extend outwardly As shown more clearly inFi 4 said cover is provided on 1ts under s1de a Jacent the marginsthereof with a downwardly directed.

peripheral bead e4 registering with the groove d2 in the top of the caseand adapted when the cover is in place to fittherein.

The operation of my device is as follows: When it is desired to seal thecase the roove d2 in the to of the body portion is fi led or partlyfille with liquid cement or the like and the cover E placed in positionwith the bead c4 fitting in the groove and when the cement sets anintegral construction is afforded ybetween the case and the cover. Owingto the metal reinforced concrete construction of the case it is obviousthat it will readily retain its shape and owing to the imperviouscomposition o'f the plastic material or the coating therefor aractically water and air proof construction 1s provided and it isobvious that the contents of the case will be well preserved both fromthe action of the elements and from unauthorized tampering with thesame.

I claim as my invention: 1. A coffin comprising channel iron side and.end members, said side members provided with notches, channel-ironbottom members having their ends upwardly directl bers, layers ofreticulated vmaterial spaced a distance apart by the flanges of thechannel irons, lastic material bonded between and aroun said reticulatedmaterial, a coating of imperviousl material on the structure formed,bolts secured to the upturned ends of the bottom channel irons. a sleevesecured to the same extending outside the plastic material and handlessecured to the sleeves.

3. In a device of the class described the combination with a metallicframe embracing side and end channel irons, channel iron members securedto the side members and affording bracing bottom members, layers ofreticulated material spaced a distance apart by the anges 4of thechannel irons, plastic material bonded between and outside thereticulated material, a groove in the top of plastic material, a coverembracing' channel irons, reticulated material spaced a distance apartthereby, plastic material bonded. bei A tween the reticulated materialand outside the same and a bead on the cover fitting in said groove.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

- CHARLES PIANTA. Witnesses:

C. W. HILLS, W. W. WITHENBURY.

